"Thank you for your hard work last year. Please continue to take care of us next year."

On the main road of the "The Return of the Condor Heroes" film and television city, dozens of round tables were temporarily set up and stood under a plastic sheet shed to block the wind.

The table was filled with a large number of participants who gave their time and energy to this series.

Zhang Yuan raised his wine glass and came to the table of the crew members to toast them one by one.

"Let's toast to our Yang Guo!"

There was food and drinks, and someone was treating everyone. Everyone was in high spirits, and many people were already drunk before the hot dishes were even served.

Zhang Yuan knew it clearly.

On the one hand, we are happy about the New Year, but on the other hand, the crew of Big Beard is under a lot of pressure and everyone is always on edge.

Taking advantage of the only half-day holiday during the filming period, everyone had a great time.

Another thing is, Zhang Yuan asked the manufacturer to get more than ten boxes of Jiannanchun today. Anyway, he is the spokesperson and there are discounts, so he can share it with everyone.

Although it is not as good as Moutai, this wine is not bad. Many low-level staff members usually can't afford to buy it, so it tastes more delicious when drinking it.

Zhang Yuan, holding a wine glass, came to another table.

Next to her is Yang Mi, who plays Guo Xiang.

Although this girl is not very old, she is obviously better than her peers in observing people's expressions and handling matters.

At this moment, she saw Zhang Yuan going to each table to toast, so she immediately followed with the bottle of wine.

"You don't have to follow me, I can do it myself." Zhang Yuan advised her when he saw that her fingers holding the wine bottle were slightly purple from the cold.

"It doesn't matter. You are the protagonist both on and off the stage, and a protagonist always needs help from others." Yang Mi replied with a smile.

At such a young age, she knows how to humble herself and try to please others... Zhang Yuan shook his head gently and ignored her.

This damn weather is so cold.

For people like Zhang Yuan who have lived in the north for a long time, the cold air in the Jiangnan area is really unbearable.

It is a magical attack. No matter how thick your armor is or how many clothes you wear, it will be useless.

The clothes became a little damp after being left overnight. Not only did their warmth retention properties suffer, but they also felt sticky and very uncomfortable to wear.

This made him miss the dry winter in the north.

As he walked toward the next table, he heard the sound of someone watching the Spring Festival Gala on a portable TV. It was a small black-and-white TV that was powered by several short and fat No. 1 batteries.

The song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" sung by Brother Hua was playing on TV. This song is a must-have for the Spring Festival.

That year's Spring Festival Gala produced many programs. After all, Li Yong's wife Ha Wen had not yet come on stage and put forward her divine theory, which is: "Meaning is greater than meaning."

Language programs must first make sense, then consider the meaning.

The result was that the program was neither meaningful nor interesting, and it also led to Zhao Benshan, the last generation of Spring Festival Gala sketch king, completely withdrawing from the stage of history.

Of course, the situation was far from this point in 2005, and many classic programs were released that year.

Huang Hong and Lin Yongjian's "Decoration" gives life to the number "eighty".

The “Thousand-Armed Guanyin” performed by the Disabled People’s Art Troupe brought a strong visual shock.

Zhao Benshan, his two apprentices and his old partner Fan Cheng brought back "Kung Fu". However, this was Fan Cheng's last time on the Spring Festival Gala, after which he would devote himself to film creation.

That year's Spring Festival Gala, like the film and television dramas of the time, was far purer than those in later generations.

"Thank you all for your hard work, and happy new year." Zhang Yuan said in front of a table, raising his glass as before.

When the people at the table saw him coming, they all looked surprised.

After a few seconds, these people stood up one after another, revealing smiles that were difficult to hide.

"Brother Zhang Yuan is so polite to the extras."

Yes, these people were just extras in the crew, but if you want to herd one sheep, you have to let it go; if you want to herd a flock of sheep, you have to drive it away, so everyone who was willing to come was invited.

These extras never expected that the leading actor, who was usually "superior" in their hearts, would come over and toast them, and they were all very excited.

[Received thanks from Wang Dali, breath holding +1! ]

[Received a thank you from the general, Patience +1! ]

[Received thanks from Xiao Heizi, tongue flexibility +1! ]

……

Or is it that these brothers are really honest... Zhang Yuan looked at the various attributes he had collected, and thought that it was not in vain that he invited these people to dinner.

"The key is that the application scenario of the tongue flexibility attribute is a bit too simple..."

After clinking glasses with everyone and saying a few auspicious words, he turned and left.

Yang Mi watched from the side, silent, but had something in mind.

"He's really good at winning people over."

“No wonder we can get so many resources.”

She rolled her eyes and thought again.

"I don't need to take care of those extras. I just need to have a good relationship with him, and I can get twice the result with half the effort."

She doesn't like those rough guys in extras, because most of the costumes in ancient dramas are "very tasteful".

It’s okay in winter, but in summer, you can smell the sour smell of sweat from more than ten meters away.

Secondly, her chest muscles are well developed, and at a young age they have already reached the 36D that many men often talk about.

The eyes of the extras often stared at her chest unscrupulously.

This is where they are wrong, how could they do this... I was just sneaking a peek.

Came to a few more tables.

"Sister Dandan, I heard that you have a 'very good relationship' with our male lead."

"If you become rich, don't forget us, your junior brothers."

"Yes, yes, we can't forget about our classmates!"

Zhao Xinxin, who plays Hong Lingbo, has red cheeks, maybe because of being drunk or the cold wind: "Don't talk nonsense."

"Zhang Yuan and I are just ordinary friends."

"Besides, he is a big actor, and I am just a small role."

Zhao Xunxun thought to herself, I would be happy to be on good terms with him, but he may not think highly of me.

"Impossible, people are saying over there that you and Yang Guo stayed in the same room at night." One of them said with a thick tongue, obviously having drunk a lot.

"Who said that?" Zhang Yuan walked forward and asked kindly.

“It’s that guy… Hey, Yang Guo, no, hello Zhang Yuan!” The person who was speaking turned around, and when he saw that it was him, he fell off the chair and fell on his butt.

"Remember, he fell off the stool." Zhang Yuan turned around and said to Yang Mi.

"Don't believe the rumors. Dandan and I are good friends. You can't just say something nonsense about a girl."

"Yes, yes, that's all nonsense. It was Jia Qiang and his people who spread it..." someone quickly explained.

The people sitting at these tables were all students from the martial arts school, and he asked Cao Jianjun to call them.

However, when Zhang Yuan looked up, he found that there were only forty or fifty people coming, and there should be more than that many extras from the martial arts school in the crew.

Captain Jia, who had a grudge against him, was not there either.

"Everyone here is a friend, and I know you won't believe that kind of nonsense." Zhang Yuan said as he raised his wine glass.

"Yes, we don't believe it. Those people are talking nonsense."

"We don't believe it, but Senior Sister Dandan is so nice."

"Yes Yes."

There is a saying that it is difficult to hit a smiling person.

There is also a saying that goes "A man who eats someone's food is grateful, and a man who takes someone's food is soft-handed."

Now that I'm here and sitting here eating and drinking, I naturally have to give Zhang Yuan face.

Besides, the teacher once said that politics is about making fewer enemies and more friends.

In fact, it is the same in the business world and the world of fame and fortune.

He went to invite people from the martial arts school, and those who were willing to come naturally had no objection to him and even wanted to make friends with him.

"I respect you all. You work the hardest. You have to cooperate with us in the action scenes, including many beating scenes."

"If I used too much force when acting, I would like to apologize here. Thank you all for your help."

Suddenly, people at several tables stood up and raised their cups together.

Most of them are young men in their teens and 17s. They don’t have any big ambitions. They will like whoever gives them good food and drink and speaks nice words to them.

[Received thanks from Zhang Chen, strength +1! ]

[Received thanks from Huang Wei, Sanda Basics +1! ]

[Received thanks from Li Zhongxiao, Fighting Basics +1! ]

……

The attributes given by these martial arts school students are not as miscellaneous as those of extras, and most of them are related to martial arts.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan simply toasted them one by one, drank from them, and drank a lot.

After a long time, he left slowly, and the two girls, Yang Mi and Zhao Xinxin, followed him. "This big star is so nice!"

"Yeah, he drank with us one by one, and he didn't look down on us at all."

"Unlike those actors, they don't even look at us."

"You treated us to a meal during the Chinese New Year. I miss home..."

"Brother Zhang Yuan, don't listen to their nonsense." Zhao Xinxin explained as he walked.

"I don't mind. It's okay."

"It was all spread by Jia Qiang and his gang." Zhao Xinxin said unhappily, "Fortunately I didn't agree to be with him at that time."

"nausea!"

She showed a look of extreme disgust, then turned around and smiled at him.

"Thank you for inviting everyone from our school to have the New Year's Eve dinner together."

"I didn't expect you would be willing to call them. After all, before..." Zhao Xinxin was very touched when he knew that he had invited the martial arts school students to dinner together.

I deeply feel that he is broad-minded, especially when compared with Captain Jia, his vision is several levels lower.

"It's all in the past, but it seems that not all the people are here." Zhang Yuan said casually.

"Jia Qiang and his little brothers don't want to come, but now many people in the school have ignored him." Zhao Xinxin said angrily, thinking that this man did not give Zhang Yuan face and was very hateful.

"He had instigated the students and the crew to cause trouble before and almost beat up the bearded man, but he claimed to be sick and hid in the dormitory."

"Many people now feel that he treats others like dogs."

Wouldn’t that match the big beard very well… Zhang Yuan thought.

"It seems that your school still has a lot of people who understand."

"Brother Zhang Yuan." Hong Lingbo stopped and turned to him: "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

Yang Mi saw Zhao Xunxun's eyes flickering and thought that it seemed that this girl treated Yang Guo as more than just a friend.

"In this way, there will be more competitors..."

The meal didn't end until midnight, and the film and television city was full of drunk people walking unsteadily.

Zhang Yuan also gave each of his men who helped to arrange the banquet today a red envelope of one thousand yuan as New Year's money, which put an end to the noise of the year.

Before going to bed at night, I called Cheng Hao, Shu Chang, Liu Shishi and others one by one and talked with them for a long time.

I sent text messages to many friends and greeted them all. Just as I was about to go to bed, the voice of Xiaolongnu appeared on my phone again, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers.

"Zhang Yuan, Happy New Year!"

Liu Xixi called him specifically on New Year's Eve.

"Happy New Year."

They both looked at the fireworks rising outside the window and the untouchable bright moon, and said good night to each other.

Early the next morning, the crew started work as usual.

On the first day of the new year, the intensity was turned up for the two male and female protagonists!

Liu Qianqian was alone in the ancient tomb scene, hanging on wires and filming the fight scene.

Zhang Yuan was pulled to a nearby mountain stream and stood in the gurgling stream to shoot exterior scenes.

His role is very deceptive.

In the original novel, Yang Guo practiced swordplay in water twice.

One time was practicing swordplay in mountain torrents, and the other time was practicing swordplay in raging waves.

The former helps them get started, while the latter helps them achieve great success.

Today's scene is about practicing swordplay in a mountain torrent.

Zhang Yuan had no objection to restoring the original work, but the annoying thing was that his opponent in this scene was Brother Diao, and Brother Diao did not exist at all, and it was all thanks to post-production special effects.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan missed the very fake leather-clad eagle in the Bai Gu version. At least there was a real opponent.

But he can only perform a one-man show by himself.

This is not the only thing that is deceptive.

It is now February, and the crew has arranged for the actors to shoot a water scene, which is a real scene... The water is like it has been chilled. Not to mention jumping in it, even touching it with your feet will make you tremble all over.

The water is better, the lowest temperature is just above zero degrees.

But this unusually cold winter, the temperature is not just zero degrees, and it is in the mountains outside the city, so it is probably ten degrees below zero.

"Brother Eagle, the current is so fast, how can I stand steadily? Ah!"

After finishing his words, Zhang Yuan followed the choreographed movements and fell into the flowing stream, pretending to be pushed into the water by the eagle.

"Cut!" Zhao Jian called a halt and said quickly, "Go help!"

Zhang Yuan struggled several times before he found friction on the slippery bottom of the water and stood up.

The stones here have been washed by stream water all year round and have become extremely round. Even he, who has practiced hard, had great difficulty standing up.

Two staff members helped him to the shore.

At this time, he not only carried a heavy sword on his back, but also wore a full set of Yang Guo's clothes, which were soaked, and his whole body felt cold and heavy.

The stage manager quickly brought a towel to cover him and prepared some hot water.

"You fell a little off-center just now. It wasn't pretty enough. Try again."

"No problem." He said, trembling all over.

This happened over and over again; he didn't know how many times he had fallen and stood up in the stream.

In the end, his whole body was numb.

It's not my mind that's numb, it's my body that's really numb, like it's completely stiff.

I couldn't bend my hands and feet, and my fingers were curled up like chicken claws.

"Director, I can't do it. It's too cold." Even he, who was always able to bear it, couldn't do it anymore: "Can you get me some wine to warm my body? I can't move at all."

"Uh... OK!" Zhao Jian knew that he could drink a lot and would not easily get angry: "Don't drink too much."

At this moment, good wine like Jiannanchun is useless. We have to get the loose-leaf liquor from the countryside, which is the kind of liquor that is sold in bulk. That stuff is spicier and more stimulating.

After taking a few big gulps, he moved around a bit and did a set of punches on the shore. Only then did he feel a warm current flowing through his body.

“Okay, let’s shoot!”

Zhao Jian has a good relationship with him, so everything is easy to deal with.

He just shot a few shots, took a few sips, and managed to hold on and finish the scene by the stream.

He returned to the film and television city at dinner time. When he took off his shoes in the dressing room, his entire feet were soaked and turned white and wrinkled.

"It's not easy to make some money." He seldom shoots such strenuous scenes.

The bearded man really doesn't treat actors as human beings both on and off the stage.

"Zhang Yuan, let's do the scene tonight where you and Xiao Long Nu are in the ancient tomb."

He was wiping himself with a towel when Zhao Jian knocked on the door and walked in.

"what happened?"

"Hi, Liu Qianqian had to catch a flight back and forth, and she has a cold. She's not in good shape, so the daytime scenes are a bit slow."

"I asked you to cooperate with me in adjusting the shooting plan. After all, you and that Little Dragon Girl..." Zhao Jian said this with a smile that we all understand.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"It's a bit troublesome with your mother watching you, but I believe you can do it." Zhao Jian patted his shoulder.

"Director Zhao, I remember there was an intimate scene between me and Lu Wushuang in the script." Zhang Yuan also put his hand on his shoulder: "What does it say in the original book?"

"Yang Guo helped Lu Wushuang fix her bones. After he opened her clothes, he saw her breasts as white as cheese."

When it comes to describing women, Mr. Jin really has his own way.

When describing a woman's breasts, he was able to express all of its beauty, smell and taste in just a few words. His skills are truly profound and very sexy.

Zhao Jian's face turned dark. Yang Rui, who played Lu Wushuang, was his woman.

"I'm just saying it, you're so annoying." Zhao Jian knew he couldn't win the argument with this kid: "Here, this is the script. There aren't many lines, and it's mainly action scenes."

Both of them knew that the other was joking, so they just let it go.

He took the makeshift script and began to flip through it.

Not to mention Liu Xixi, even if it was other actors, he would mostly help with the filming. After all, everyone has headaches and fevers, and reciprocity is the right thing to do.

But after reading the book, he lifted Zhao Jian's arm to his neck.

"You might as well just strangle me to death."

I just came out of the water and you want me to soak in water again!
If I soak in it again, I will become a river drifter!
"Don't get excited." Zhao Jian comforted him, "You'll get used to it."

"You will be involved in all the water scenes over the next few days."

Zhang Yuan: …

If I don't return your money, just let me go! (End of this chapter)